Laney High, 1339 Laney Walker Blvd.: grades 9-12, 845 students in 2025, CCRPI 59.9. Zone, feeders and the 8:20 a.m. start.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Laney High website, the Richmond County School System’s school directory, School Zone and Bus Stop Locator and 2026-27 calendar (PDF), the 2026 facilities master plan FAQ, the GHSA’s 2026-27 region alignments, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.

Lucy C. Laney Comprehensive High School is a Richmond County School System high school on Laney Walker Boulevard, just south of downtown Augusta. It serves ninth through 12th grade and is one of two district high schools with the Academy for Advanced Placement Studies.

Who to call

Principal

Principal Marvin Washington, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 845 students at Laney High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 736 students and 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.5 students per teacher.

State report card

Laney High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 59.9, according to the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for high schools was 76.9 and the Richmond County School System’s was 56.9. The school’s single score was 57.6 in 2023, 59.3 in 2024 and 59.9 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Laney High report card.

CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.

Georgia Milestones end-of-course tests, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

Subject Proficient Distinguished
American literature 11.1% 0.6%
Algebra 6.9% 0%
Biology 12% 0.5%
U.S. history 17.5% 11.7%

The four-year graduation rate for the class of 2025 was 74%, against 87.2% statewide. For the class of 2026 it rose 7.34 points to 81.32%, according to a Sept. 28, 2026, district release based on Georgia Department of Education data; the district rate was 84.2% and the state’s 88.5%.

Attendance zone

Zones are set by the Richmond County School System and do not follow neighborhood lines or city limits. Check any address in the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator. The district does not publish a feeder list; the feeder schools below come from that locator, which we checked at about 1,200 points across Richmond County on Oct. 6, 2026. W.S. Hornsby Middle feeds Laney; most of the Hornsby Middle zone goes on to Laney and the rest to T.W. Josey. The elementary schools are W.S. Hornsby Elementary, Lamar-Milledge and the Bethlehem part of Wilkinson Gardens. Our neighborhood guides found downtown and Bethlehem zoned for Laney.

Jenkins-White Elementary closed at the end of 2025-26. The district’s plan FAQ says students in several of its neighborhoods now go to Wilkinson Gardens, then Hornsby Middle and Laney. Under the district’s 2026 Long-Range Facilities Master Plan, T.W. Josey stops being a zoned high school after the 2028-29 school year, and the district’s plan FAQ, published Feb. 6, 2026, says students in the Josey zone would then be reassigned to the Academy of Richmond County, Butler and Laney zones from 2029-30. The board has since moved ahead with the plan: on March 25, 2026, it named the T.W. Josey High School College and Career Academy that will replace Josey on its campus, according to a district release.

Sports and activities

Laney plays in Region 4-AA for 2026-27, in Class AA, according to the GHSA’s region alignments. The school’s athletics pages list varsity and junior varsity basketball and junior varsity football; the varsity football team is on the district’s 2026 stadium schedule. Its JROTC program is Army JROTC, according to the district. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

Calendar

From the district’s board-approved 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

  • Thursday, Oct. 8: PowerUp asynchronous learning day; students learn on their own instead of in class
  • Friday, Oct. 9: student holiday
  • Oct. 12-13: fall break
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving holiday
  • Dec. 23 to Jan. 5: Christmas and winter break; the second semester begins Thursday, Jan. 7
  • April 5-12, 2027: spring break
  • Wednesday, May 26, 2027: last day of school, early release

Bell times

The district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator lists school hours of 8:20 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. for Laney High. Bus stop times for any address are in the same tool, and the Transportation Department answers questions at 706-796-4777.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Laney High serve?

Ninth through 12th grade. Its full name is Lucy C. Laney Comprehensive High School.

What is Laney High’s CCRPI score?

59.9 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against an average of 76.9 for Georgia high schools.

What time does Laney High start?

8:20 a.m., with dismissal at 3:10 p.m., according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.

Who is the principal of Laney High?

Marvin Washington, according to the Richmond County School System’s school directory on Oct. 6, 2026.